06/05/2026
"Come, behold the words of the LORD ...
who makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
who breaks the bow and shatters the spear.
Be still, and know that I am God!"
Psalm 46.8-10
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has issued an Action Alert in regards to ballooning costs for military spending and are asking citizens to make their voices heard in opposition. These reckless and unnecessary rising military costs reflect our country’s deep moral and spiritual malaise, our addiction to and idolatrous hope in violence and dominance. As Presbyterians, we know and confess that flourishing communities are built up primarily through international cooperation and through public investment that considers the least of these — NOT through lethal force or military dominance. When our nation and its leaders instead pursue grotesque and idolatrous forms of power, dominance, and further militarization, we must respond with loud lament and our confidence in the living God. Our peace is found in God’s reconciliation in Jesus Christ, who calls us to a global posture of peacemaking and cooperation (Confession of 1967, 9.45b). We call on our government to accept its responsibility to care for its citizens, to “heal the sick and look out for the poor, hungry and homeless... the widow, the orphan, and the stranger in the land, to safeguard God’s gift of creation, and to promote and protect the common good” (Tax Justice: A Christian Response to a Second Gilded Age, 221th GA, 2014).
Call on your Representatives to reorder our national priorities, resist the $1.15 trillion base Pentagon budget, and reinvest in the needs of the poor and vulnerable.
Tell Congress No More Blank Checks for War!
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